<p>Now Gmail will always use an encrypted HTTPS connection when you are checking or sending email.</p><p>Screencap from Gmail.</p><p>Google announced Thursday that it is now using HTTPS encrypted connections whenever users log in to Gmail, no matter the security of the Internet connection they're on, because the company will be keeping emails encrypted as they move around Google's servers and from one data center to another.</p><p>User data drives many of Google's most successful and lucrative services. But in the wake of revelations about NSA snooping, the company has been eager to reassure customers that it prizes privacy.</p><p><a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/03/21/gmail_will_now_encrypt_all_of_the_traffic_between_google_servers_to_make.html">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://rt.com/news/google-gmail-encryption-nsa-297/">Google encrypts Gmail to safeguard against NSA snooping</a> (RT)</p><p><a href="http://time.com/33655/gmail-encryption-nsa/">Gmail Ramps Up Encryption to Thwart the NSA, but It&#039;s Still Not a Silver Bullet</a> (TIME)</p><p><a href="http://mashable.com/2014/03/20/gmail-https-only/">Now Gmail Encrypts Messages Sent to Google Servers</a> (Mashable)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dib8SBensBsh0HM9Nj7Rbsv_6NLkM&authuser=0&ned=us">316 additional articles.</a></p>